We review the properties of neutron matter in low-density regime. In particular, we revise its ground state energy and superfluid pairing gap analyze their evolution from weak to strong coupling The calculations are performed, respectively, within Brueckner–Hartree–Fock (BHF) approach nuclear Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory using chiral nucleon-nucleon interaction Entem Machleidt at N 3 ...

We study the conversion of neutron matter into strange matter as a detonation wave. The detonation is assumed to originate from a central region in a spherically symmetric background of neutrons with a varying radial density distribution. We present self-similar solutions for the propagation of detonation in static and collapsing backgrounds of neutron matter. The solutions are obtained in the ...

We report on numerical results from an independent formalism to describe the quasiequilibrium structure of nonsynchronous binary neutron stars in general relativity. This is an important independent test of controversial numerical hydrodynamic simulations which suggested that nonsynchronous neutron stars in a close binary can experience compression prior to the last stable circular orbit. We sh...

Recently, neutron stars with very strong surface magnetic fields have been suggested as the site for the origin of observed soft gamma repeaters (SGRs). We investigate the influence of a strong magnetic field on the properties and internal structure of such strongly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). The presence of a sufficiently strong magnetic field changes the ratio of protons to neutron...